Here is a cropped  image from an early stage of this butterfly abstract. I was laying in the pattern and starting to establish the colors in the underpainting.
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A note about the author
Rachel Steely is a visual artist based in Indianapolis. She is drawn to natural, organic objects and portrays them with oil on textured surfaces. Often, she presents her subject in dynamic still life with a shift of time through movement or growth-decay.
